Lacing-tip.



No. 819,946. PATBNTED MAY s, 1906.

F. B. STIRCKLER.

LAGING TIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.7,1904.

sfrarns @FFICIL FRANK STRUI'LER, OF REVEREQMASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO -JOHN W. MGKINTOSH, 0F SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAClNG-THD.

Specincaton of Letters Yatent.

ratentedvhay 8, 1906.

Application tiled November 7.1904. Serial No. 231,70?.

To whom, it mzftytioteerm.

Be it imo-svn that I, FRANK B. SrrnoKLnn, itisen of the United States, and a resident ci Bie-vere, in the county of Suffolk and State Itiss-sachusetts, have invented an Improvei ent in Lacing-Tips, of" which the following description, in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like let-- ters on the drawings representing like parts. The invention to be hereinafterdescribed relates to tips for shoe-lacings, and more .particularly to such tips as are molded or comn pressed upon the end oi the lacing. In accordance with my invention this lacing has i at its ends` a hard or molded tip partially enveloping and concealing the fibrous material oil "fhich the lacing is made T his form of lain g-tip consists ot Celluloid or other similar moldable material having its ends ta pered, one tapered endserving as a threading-point by which the lacing may' be led through a, eyelet, While the other is contracted to iorni an anchor or locking means for holding the tip securely in place upon/the lacing.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to which, my invention iles to more readily i aine, .i will describe my in- `ion with the drawings iileation.

irl ci a lacing iiavii'iT ,y. f di? n invention, ine Lip being sho ws in side elevalY ed tip. Fig. .5 ng a tube oi" the material p is molded applied to it bes been c .pressed to form s a side elevation, on a greatlysho'afing the split portion of L 'ered cellnloid tip.

= es clearly lshown in Fig, l, is approx'mate. ptical in longitudinal cross- Ipreferably make this tip of celluloid or some similar moldable material in' order to more easily impart to'it the desired shape and proportions. In order to securely attach the tip t to the lacing d, the inner end of the said tip is considerably contracted, as at di. The threadin end of the tip is conoidal in shape, as in icated at p. Since the greater part of the wear and tear necessarily falls upon the threading end of the tip t, I have strengthened this end, as clearly shown at p, by increasing the thickness of the material thereof. In order to maintain the strength of the tip and at the same time to insureits resiliency, that it may successfully Withstand compression in a longitudinal direction, I 'have provided the said ti i withkerfs or splits, as is clearly shown in iig. 4 at d. By this construction a thoroughly-resilient and at the same time perfectly-durable lacing tip is produced.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatont of the United States of America, is-

l.. In an article as described, a lacing-tip, comprising a' body portion having a conoidal threading end and kerfs or splits in said body portion.

2: In an article as described, a lacing-tip com )rising a body portion havin(y a thickened conoidal threading end and -kerls or splits in said body portion.

In an article as described, a lacing-tip comprising a body )ortion having a conoidal threading end, and lreris or splits in said body portion, said kerfs or splits running longitudinally oiE said body port-ion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence ot' two subscribing Witnesses. 

